MATT CONDRONArtist Statement

_I am a self-taught oil painter working in the realist style. I work from
photos I take during my travels largely throughout the U.S.; though
lately, some photographs from a recent trip to Chile have made the cut.
Instinctually, the subject matter I gravitate towards has a lot to do
with growing up in L.A. during the 70’s. A deep sense of nostalgia
ignites in me over the style of that decade…the design, the music and
the manufacturing palette. It was the first visual language I
understood in terms of the objective world around me and feels
comforting and familiar to me whenever I see it today. Moreover, I hope
to capture that still point between hurried activity whereby the viewer
alone might remain, suspended in some reverie or another of his or her
own.